vu/src/data/propers/nocturn-readings/christmas-octave-sunday.yml

# Nocturn 2-3, Sunday within the Octave of Christmas (temporalId
# christmas-octave-sunday). Sourced from Tempora/Nat1-0.txt (Latin) /
# English/Tempora/Nat1-0.txt - see christmas-octave-sunday-collect.yml's
# own header for why this Sunday's other content (2026-08) had to be
# sourced from a Divino Afflatu 1954 live query instead: the Monastic
# Tridentinum 1617 rubrics rarely let this Sunday's own identity render on
# a real date, but its underlying office (this file's own source) is real
# and shared across both tracks. See advent-1.yml for the general sweep
# method.
#
# Nocturn 2 (Lectio4-6): one continuous excerpt from St. Leo the Great's
# 9th Sermon on Christmas. Responsory: Lectio4's own, a cross-reference in
# the source to Sancti/12-25 (Christmas Day itself)'s Responsory5 ("Beáta
# Dei Génetrix María") - resolved and transcribed here directly, same
# pattern the post-Pentecost files used for their own cross-references.
#
# Nocturn 3 (Lectio7-9): Lectio7 carries real homily prose after its bare
# Gospel incipit (Luke 2:33-40, "Et réliqua") - St. Ambrose's own homily
# (Bk. 2 on Luke ii) begins within Lectio7 itself, same pattern as the
# Advent Sundays. Combined Lectio7's homily portion (incipit dropped) with
# Lectio8-9, using Lectio7's own responsory - again a cross-reference, to
# Sancti/12-25's Responsory8 ("Verbum caro factum est") - rather than the
# inline "O Regem cæli" text this file gives at its own [Responsory8] slot
# (that inline text belongs to the *next* Sunday's now-renumbered
# sequence after Lectio1 was swapped for "OctNat" per this file's own
# [Rule], not to the Lectio7-9 unit authored here).
#
# Update (2026-09): the Gospel pericope itself, previously left unauthored
# per the "bare incipit, skip it" convention described above, is now
# authored too (isGospel: true, immediately before the homily) - sourced
# from the Missale's own [Evangelium] for the same Sunday (the Mass Gospel
# and the Matins Nocturn 3 Gospel are the same pericope), not guessed at.
# Matins now shows the full Gospel, then the homily on it, matching
# post-pentecost-15's original pattern - see TODO.md's dated entry.
id: christmas-octave-sunday
readings:
  - nocturn: 2
    isGospel: false
    source: "St. Leo the Great, Sermon 9 on Christmas"
    text:
      la: >-
        Excédit quidem, dilectíssimi, multúmque superéminet humáni elóquii facultátem divini operis
        magnitúdo: et inde óritur difficultas fandi, unde adest rátio non tacendi. Quia in Christo Jesu
        Fílio Dei non solum ad divinam esséntiam, sed étiam ad humanam spectat natúram quod dictum est
        per prophétam: Generatiónem ejus quis enarrábit? Utrámque enim substántiam in unam convenísse
        persónam, nisi fides credat, sermo non explicat. Et ideo numquam materia déficit laudis, quia
        numquam sufficit copia laudatóris.


        Gaudeámus ígitur, quod ad eloquéndum tantæ misericórdiæ sacraméntum ímpares sumus; et cum salútis
        nostræ altitúdinem prómere non valeamus, sentiámus nobis bonum esse, quod vincimur. Nemo enim ad
        cognitiónem veritátis magis propinquat, quam qui intélligit in rebus divinis, étiam si multum
        profíciat, semper sibi superesse quod quærat. Nam qui se ad id, in quod tendit, pervenísse
        præsúmit, non quæsíta réperit, sed in inquisitióne déficit.


        Ne autem infirmitátis nostræ perturbemur angústiis, evangélicæ nos et prophéticæ ádjuvant voces;
        quibus ita accendimur, et docemur, ut nos nativitátem Dómini, qua Verbum caro factum est, non tam
        prætéritam recólere, quam præséntem videámur inspícere. Quod enim pastóribus pro gregum suórum
        custódia vigilántibus nuntiávit Angelus, étiam nostrum implévit audítum: et ideo Dominicis ovibus
        præsumus, quia verba divínitus édita cordis aure servámus: tamquam et in hodiérna festivitáte
        dicátur: Evangelizo vobis gáudium magnum, quod erit omni pópulo, quia natus est vobis hódie
        Salvator, qui est Christus Dóminus, in civitáte David.
      en: >-
        Dearly beloved brethren, the greatness of God's work, in its breadth and height, passeth the
        power of man's utterance; and, therefore, when we must needs not keep silence, we find it hard
        to know what to say. The words of the Prophet: Who shall declare His generation? look not only
        to the Divine, but also to the human birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Faith believeth, but
        words cannot explain, how the two natures were joined in one Person, and therein we find that we
        shall never lack matter of praise in Him, Whose abundance ever outrunneth the power of our
        expression.


        Therefore let us rejoice, that this mystery of mercy is greater than we can ever speak; and let
        us feel that it is good for us to fail if we try to express the height and depth of redeeming
        love. He cometh nearest to the knowledge of the truth, who, the farther he advanceth, seeth all
        the more clearly that he can never overtake that whereafter he searcheth. For he that imagineth
        therein that he hath ever attained unto the goal, hath not found that which he seeketh, but hath
        altogether missed.


        But lest we should be confounded at the weakness of our mortality, we have help in the words of
        the Prophets and Evangelists; and they are able so to inflame and teach us that we may see the
        Birth of the Lord, wherein the Word was made Flesh, not so much as a thing past, as a thing
        present. The proclamation of the angel to the shepherds who watched their flocks by night,
        ringeth in our ears also; and for this end are we appointed to rule the Lord's flock, that we may
        ever keep in our heart the word revealed from heaven, and say unto you, as we do this day:
        Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people; for unto you is born
        this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, Which is Christ the Lord!
    responsory:
      la: "R. Beáta Dei Génetrix María, cujus víscera intácta pérmanent: * Hódie génuit Salvatórem sǽculi.\nV. Beáta, quæ crédidit: quóniam perfécta sunt ómnia, quæ dicta sunt ei a Dómino.\nR. Hódie génuit Salvatórem sǽculi."
      en: "R. Blessed is God's holy Mother, Mary, maiden undefiled. * This day hath she brought forth the Saviour of the world.\nV. Blessed is she that believed; for there is a performance of all those things which were told her from the Lord.\nR. This day hath she brought forth the Saviour of the world."
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

  - nocturn: 3
    isGospel: true
    citation: { la: "Luc 2:33-40", en: "Luke 2:33-40" }
    text:
      la: >-
        In illo témpore: Erat Joseph et María Mater Jesu, mirántes super his quæ dicebántur de illo. Et benedíxit illis Símeon, et dixit ad Maríam Matrem ejus: Ecce, pósitus est hic in ruínam et in resurrectiónem multórum in Israël: et in signum, cui contradicétur: et tuam ipsíus ánimam pertransíbit gládius, ut reveléntur ex multis córdibus cogitatiónes. Et erat Anna prophetíssa, fília Phánuel, de tribu Aser: hæc procésserat in diébus multis, et víxerat cum viro suo annis septem a virginitáte sua. Et hæc vídua usque ad annos octogínta quátuor: quæ non discedébat de templo, jejúniis et obsecratiónibus sérviens nocte ac die. Et hæc, ipsa hora supervéniens, confitebátur Dómino, et loquebátur de illo ómnibus, qui exspectábant redemptiónem Israël. Et ut perfecérunt ómnia secúndum legem Dómini, revérsi sunt in Galilǽam in civitátem suam Názareth. Puer autem crescébat, et confortabátur, plenus sapiéntia: et grátia Dei erat in illo.
      en: >-
        At that time, Joseph and Mary, the mother of Jesus were marvelling at the things spoken concerning Him. And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary His mother, Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that shall be contradicted. And your own soul a sword shall pierce, that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. There was also Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years from her maidenhood, and by herself as a widow to eighty-four years. She never left the temple, with fastings and prayers worshipping night and day. And coming up at that very hour, she began to give praise to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all who were awaiting the redemption of Israel. And when they had fulfilled all things as prescribed in the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, into their own town of Nazareth. And the Child grew and became strong. He was full of wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }

  - nocturn: 3
    isGospel: false
    source: "St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Commentary on Luke, Book 2"
    text:
      la: >-
        Vides úberem in omnes grátiam, Dómini generatióne diffúsam, et prophetíam incrédulis negátam
        esse, non justis. Ecce et Símeon prophétat, in ruínam et resurrectiónem plurimórum venísse
        Dóminum Jesum Christum, ut justórum, iniquorúmque mérita discérnat; et pro nostrórum qualitáte
        factórum, judex verus et justus aut supplícia decérnat, aut prǽmia.


        Et tuam ipsíus ánimam pertransíbit gládius. Nec littera, nec historia docet, ex hac vita Mariam
        corporalis necis passióne migrasse. Non enim anima, sed corpus materiali gládio transverberátur.
        Et ideo prudéntiam Maríæ haud ignaram mysterii cæléstis osténdit. Vivum enim verbum Dei, et
        válidum, et acutius omni gládio acutíssimo, pénetrans usque ad divisiónem ánimæ et spíritus,
        artuum quoque et medullárum, cogitatiónes cordis et secreta scrutátur animórum, quia nuda et
        apérta sunt ómnia Dei Fílio, quem consciéntiæ secreta non fallunt.


        Prophetávit ítaque Simeon, prophetáverat virgo, prophetáverat copuláta conjugio; prophétare
        debuit étiam vidua, ne qua aut proféssio deésset, aut sexus. Et ideo Anna et stipendiis
        viduitátis, et móribus talis inducitur, ut digna plane fuísse credátur, quæ Redemptórem ómnium
        venisse nuntiáret. Cujus mérita cum álibi descripsérimus, cum víduas hortarémur, hoc loco,
        quóniam ad ália properámus, non putámus iteránda.
      en: >-
        We see that God's abounding grace is poured forth on all by the birth of the Lord, and that the
        gift of prophecy is not denied to the righteous, but to the unbelieving. Simeon prophesieth that
        our Lord Jesus Christ is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, setting forth that
        the just and the unjust reap different fruits from the coming of the Saviour; so will it be with
        us; according to our individual works will the True and Just Judge apportion to us punishment or
        reward.


        See, a sword shall pierce through thine own soul also. We have no record or tradition that Mary
        left this world by suffering a violent death, and the material sword can pierce the body only,
        and not the soul. Wherefore here we see the wisdom of Mary in that she was not ignorant of the
        heavenly mysteries. For, the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged
        sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow,
        and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart: for all things are naked and opened
        unto the eyes of the Son of God, from Whom also the secret things of our conscience are not
        hidden.


        There had been a triple prophecy; the prophecy of Simeon had followed the prophecy of the virgin,
        and the prophecy of the wife; those, namely, of Mary and Elizabeth. And now ought the widow also
        to prophesy, that no sex nor state might be wanting. And Anna is brought before us with such a
        title from her widowhood and her life, that we may well believe that she received the grace to
        announce the Advent of the Redeemer. In our exhortation addressed to widows we have already
        treated of her gifts at length, and, as we have much matter before us, we will not now again
        enter on the subject.
    responsory:
      la: "R. Verbum caro factum est, et habitávit in nobis: * Et vídimus glóriam ejus, glóriam quasi Unigéniti a Patre, plenum grátiæ et veritátis.\nV. Omnia per ipsum facta sunt, et sine ipso factum est nihil.\nR. Et vídimus glóriam ejus, glóriam quasi Unigéniti a Patre, plenum grátiæ et veritátis."
      en: "R. The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. * And we beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.\nV. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made.\nR. And we beheld His glory, the glory as of the Only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."
    status: { la: verified, en: verified }